"The Discovery"
The next morning dawned like nothing had ever happened; unknown to Wattson, Arinia wasn't upstairs in her room like she usually was getting ready for the day of training at the gym.
"Arinia, come down for breakfast." Wattson called up to her.
There wasn't a response so Wattson said, "Arinia? Are you alright? Then he went upstairs to check on her.
Wattson walked into her room and found it in shambles, "NO! Who could've taken Arinia!?!? I'm going to have to call officer Jenny."
Wattson now walked to his room and picked up the phone and called the police, and a minute or so later he was connected to speak with Officer Jenny.
"Can I help you?" Officer Jenny asked.
"Uh, yes. Well, to cut the story short, I went to check on Arinia this morning and I found her room in shambles and I'm pretty sure she was kidnapped…." Wattson said, clearly upset.
"I see, we'll be right there, don't touch anything." Officer Jenny said.
"Yes, ma'am, I will do that." Wattson said and shortly afterward the call ended.
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About ten minutes later, there was a knock on the door, and Wattson went to answer it. He opened the door and found the police standing there, and he quickly let them in.
"Okay, tell me again what happened." Officer Jenny said as they walked up to Arinia's room.
"I woke up this morning and went to check on Arinia, and found her room like this." Wattson gestured to her room, which was now a total mess.
"No doubt about it, she's been kidnapped. We'll search her room for clues, the kidnapper must've left something behind……" Officer Jenny replied.
"Please do that! Is there anything I can do to help?" Wattson asked.
Officer Jenny thought for a moment before she said, "You could inform her parents and those close to her that she was taken."
Wattson nodded, "Yes, I will do that." Wattson headed to the phone to call Arinia's parents and boyfriend.
Wattson picked up the phone, "I think I'll call Mark first, he might be able to do something about Arinia's kidnapping……" He dialed Mark's poke gear number and listened to the phone ring for a few minutes before Mark finally answered.
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Meanwhile, Mark was talking with some of his teammates, who were wanting to know how Arinia was the apple of Mark's eye.
"She just is, she's a real sweetheart and she treasures her pokemon like she loves me. That's why I love her…….." Just then Mark's poke gear rang, "Excuse me for a minute…….. Hello? Who's this?"
"Hello, Mark, its Wattson."
"Oh hi! How's Arinia doing? I hated that I had to rush off like I did last night……." Mark said.
"I have some bad news…….." Wattson said, his voice sounding sad.
"What is it?" Mark asked.
"Arinia has been abducted." Wattson replied, trying to stay strong.
"Arinia! Kidnapped? NO, IT CAN'T BE!" Mark exclaimed.
Mark's teammates looked at each other, shocked at what they were hearing. They couldn't believe that Arinia had been kidnapped and that Mark was having to go through this.
Mark started crying, "Who'd take such a sweet thing like Arinia!? It's not fair!"
"I have no idea who did this……. I hope she's safe." Wattson said.
"I'll get my team to keep an eye out for her; thanks for letting me know." Mark replied, still upset over the news.
"You're welcome….. I still have to call her parents, so I had better let you go." Wattson said.
"They aren't going to be happy to hear that she was kidnapped….." Mark said.
"I know……. But they need to know……. Bye."
"Bye, Wattson." Mark said.
They exchanged goodbyes and hung up, "Now to call her parents….." Wattson said.
Wattson dialed Arinia's home number and a couple minutes later her father, Steven answered.
"Steven?" Wattson asked.
"Wattson? What's up?" Steven replied.
"Hello….." Wattson sighed. "I have bad news……"
"What is it?" Steven asked, sounding slightly concerned.
"It's about your daughter….. Arinia…….. She was abducted sometime during the night." Wattson said, expecting the storm to hit before he had even finished speaking.
"Oh no! My precious baby!" Steven exclaimed, shocked that someone would want to kidnap his child.
"I'm sorry……. The police are already here."
"Do you mind if I come over? I might be able to find something that might help pinpoint her location." Steven asked.
"Feel free." Wattson replied.
"I'll be right over, bye."
"See you then, bye." Wattson said. Wattson hung up the phone and went to see how things were shaping up.
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Wattson came out of his room just as Officer Jenny was emerging from Arinia's room.
"We finished our primary analysis." Officer Jenny said.
"What did you find?" Wattson asked.
"Nothing too substantial, except this." Officer Jenny held up a baggie containing red fabric.
"Arinia never wore anything red, so it's got to be something her kidnapper dropped. I wouldn't be surprised if TM was behind this……." Wattson said.
"That's what we think too."
"What are we going to do now?" Wattson asked.
"We will continue our investigation. You will remain here. If this is a normal kidnapping, wait for a ransom note."
"Yes, ma'am. I might let the league know that I might need to take the day off since Arinia was kidnapped if a ransom note isn't found before I have to go to work." Wattson said.
"That's a good idea, but now I must get back to work." Officer Jenny replied.
"Please find Arinia!" Wattson exclaimed.
"We will do our best." Officer Jenny said as she headed downstairs to go back to the police station to continue her investigation into Arinia's kidnapping.
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About fifteen minutes later, there was a rushing noise as air was being displaced by a Skarmory as Steven landed.
Steven knocked on the door and when Wattson answered, "Wattson, I'm here." Steven said.
"Thank goodness…….. I don't know if I can handle this alone……" Wattson replied, clearly glad to see Steven.
"Did you hear anything during the night?" Steven asked Wattson.
"Nothing I can remember." Wattson replied.
"You mean the kidnapper stole my baby in a very sneaky manner and managed to escape without alerting you in the process?"
"Yes….. I'm sorry……." Wattson replied.
"I hope my baby's alright……." Steven said, clearly worried.
"I hope she's okay too." Wattson replied. "Oh, by the way, the police are done in her room, do you want to take a look? They believe Team Magma is behind this."
"Those no good snakes………"
"I know! Please come this way." Wattson led Steven up to Arinia's room and opened the door to her room. "Here take a look for yourself."
Steven saw the mess, "Oh my……. Arinia……."
"Poor Arinia, I hope she's alright……" Wattson said.
"We won't know until we find her." A determined look began to form in Steven's eyes.
"I'm sure Arinia's okay, we'll find her, I'm sure of it." Wattson replied.
"We will……. Arinia……. Hang in there, we're coming……."